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DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.
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Quabit
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: kwaa bit
Sentence: Diane always had the quabit of finishing of your...
Etymology: from quirk and habit, bit obvious but I'm not feeling that original today.
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COMMENTS:
Reminds me of a quantum computing qubit. It's like a habit that is only annoying depending on your point of view. On an only slightly related point, I once used "qubyte" in a round of Scrabble! - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:43:00
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Pennykilla
Created by: shrimp
Pronunciation: penni-killa
Sentence: a times of a romantic evening, the dirty looks of the girl will pennykilla my heart
Etymology: first thing I thought of when I read the description :-)
Intimesstation
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His intimesstation of uncontrollable gas had become a black cloud in their relationship.
Etymology: intimate + mess + irritation
Habituex
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: Ha - bit - u - x
Sentence: Tony's crotch scratching forced Amber to make him a habituex.
Etymology: Habit - trait, often annoying u - your trait ex - previous girl/boyfriend, spouse
Endearaffront
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: en-DEER-a-front
Sentence: Connie's neighing laugh had at first seemed endearing, but Jerry was so endearaffronted by it that he was planning to desert her.
Etymology: endear (attract) + affront (offense) + Ends here (it's all over as of now)
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COMMENTS:
Better late than never - petaj, 2007-02-16: 02:12:00
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Proclirritation
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: pro-clear-rit-ta-shun
Sentence: His proclirritation to fart without excusing himself used to be cute to her, but now it was just an annoyance.
Etymology: proclivity + irritation
Agitrait
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: aj/i/treyt
Sentence: His nose-picking became a major agitrait for his girlfriend.
Etymology: agitate + trait
Procrasstination
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: Pro-crass-tin-ay-shun
Sentence: Sometimes procrastination occurs in older relationships when the initial "cute" factor wears off.
Etymology: Crass (gross) + Procrastination (Put off till later... as in later in the relationship)
Teeheedious
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tee/hee/dee/us
Sentence: At first it was charming when the new intern tee heed after every remark the Director said - now it is just teeheedious.
Etymology: Tee Hee + tedious
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COMMENTS:
hee-larious - Nosila, 2011-02-10: 23:56:00
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Nasdi
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: nes-di
Sentence: you never take a shower, you'r a nasdi
Etymology: nasty en dirty
Comments:
wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...
ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.